I stitch words
for a ballad
& decorate these on my page
When I open the page
It’s only a tabula rasa …
Where are my chosen words?
Where is my favorite
ballad?
In utter disgust, I look up
The old ceiling laughs
with fugitive words; I command all
to jump to my page
In persiflage, the ceiling
vanishes into the blue
& I sit dark in a corner
Poet’s Bio: Aneek Chatterjee is a Poet and Academic from Kolkata, India. He has been published in reputed literary magazines and poetry anthologies across the globe. His poetry collections “Seaside Myopia” & “Unborn Poems and Yellow Prison” received attention of critics and readers. Chatterjee has a ph.d. in International Relations; and has been teaching in leading Indian universities. Dr. Chatterjee also taught at the University of Virginia, USA as a Fulbright Visiting fellow. He was a recipient of the ICCR Chair to teach at prestigious foreign universities.